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![Toward Støle and Sørheim, 1920.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/terassen.jpg?itok=1OuuZEj5)
The village of Etne
Much of the sand and gravel that the town of Etne is built on was laid down at the end of the Ice Age and is evidence of melting glaciers and roaring meltwater rivers. The uncompacted material in the big terraces leave their unmistakeable mark on the wide elongated valleys.
![Today there are only a few farmers that grow potatoes in Fitjar.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/fi_22.jpg?itok=avXiCbey)
Fitjar- potatoes
The deep agricultural soils in Fitjar are found especially in the area between Lake Storavatnet and Breivika. The many stonewalls in the area reflect that the earth probably was full of stones and stone blocks. The stones that couldn't be dug out had also a function: they stored heat that helped to grow potatoes.
![Huglo](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_27.jpg?itok=9cCQ5yAR)
Huglo
The majority of Huglo is bare rock. A bit of dwarf pine forest is the only vegetation able to put down roots. Along the west- and east sides, to the contrary, the landscape is unusually green and lush. The reason lies both in the bedrock and in the ice that covered the area 12 000 years ago.
![Spring in the black alder forest of Hystadsmarkjo.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/stord_8.jpg?itok=uKjQ61DI)
Hystad- the black alder forest
One of the biggest black alder forests in the country is in Hystadmarkjo. Along the well prepared trail through the forest you can experience an exceptional nature with an unusual abundance of exuberant plant species. But what has laid the foundation for this richness?
![Skrivargarden in “”Kåravikjo”.](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_210-2.jpg?itok=sQdjqHps)
![Coat of arms, Orning](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_209-1.jpg?itok=48LepR7r)
![The main building at Huglo, Stord](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/1/kvh_213-3_futastovo213.jpg?itok=JflzRyZ3)
Sørhuglo
The tax collector’s farm at Sørhuglo is one of the many farms for state employees in Hordaland. According to history, “Futastovo” was built by the tax collector Gram in the second half of the 17th century. In 1943 the building was moved to Sunnhordland Folk Museum.
![Stordøens Seminarium](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_211-2.jpg?itok=6JuhcIUf)
![Einstapevoll](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/kvh_175-2z.jpg?itok=6JWMCjE3)
Einstapevoll- the farm
Einstapevoll (from einstape: “bregne” (fern)) lies on the west side of the Tittelsnes peninsula. Up to 1831 the farm was a vicarage belonging to Stord parish. The priests had leasing rights. Land rent and other fees from the farm was part of their salaries.
![Oyster farmer Alf-Roald Sætre of the Espevik dam](https://www.grind.no/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bilder/sted/232/tysnes_6.jpg?itok=Qe16WF4L)